March 2015

March was a wonderful month.  We purchased a trampoline in February and it has gotten a lot of use this month.  If the boys aren't in the house, they are on the trampoline!  And it is a lifesaver during joy school, so basically the trampoline is the new babysitter around here and I'm not ashamed to admit it.
We managed to visit Disneyland this month because, why wouldn't we?  We also started our spring garden and did some spring cleaning too.  Is spring cleaning, blog worthy?  The answer is yes, yes it is.
James started swim lessons that will last 12 weeks so I'm hoping at the end of THREE MONTHS, he'll be able to swim.  Did I mention that he has swim lessons for three months at the most inconvenient time of day?  Oh who set the time you ask? Me.
But most of March was spent playing with friends, hanging at our pool and spending time with family.  All of our favorite things.

Disneyland

I knew that having passes this year would be a blast because Foster is at the age where he is really starting to enjoy it and James, well he's obsessed.  Last year we spent most of our time in Cars Land with Lightening McQueen but this year Cars Land is kid's stuff.  The second we get to Disneyland we head straight to Tomorrowland.  And if it were left up to James we would never leave.  Between Star Tours, Buzz Lightyear and Jedi Training School, there is a lot to entertain my boys.  A fun fact about Tomorrowland, all of the plants are edible.  They have peppers, lettuce, grapefruit trees etc.  This is why I like Tomorrowland.  And no, I've never picked anything.

For my sister and I, it is all about the treats.  From ice cream at Clarabella's in California Adventure to sour gummy candy, we take our treats seriously.  And sometimes all I want at Disney is a churro and an ice-filled cup of Diet Coke.  I'm getting hungry/thirsty just thinking about it.  For Scott, it's all about the Dole Whip, which when we can handle the extreme line length, we get one.  I could really go on and on about just the treats but it might start to get weird. Should I keep going? No? Yes?  Okay, I'll move on.

Basically, every visit we make to Disney is magical, as it should be.  These memories we are making are some of my most favorite. 

Around the House

We were able to purchase a new kitchen table this month which means we can actually have people over for dinner and everyone has a chair.  It was a great Craigslist find and I'm loving our new table for six.  I was however sad to see the old one go.  We had it for seven years and there were a lot of good memories around that table.  Luckily, I was able to sell it to a friend so it found a good home.

Scott planted our summer garden this month with the help of Foster and James.  Foster is the little helper around the house.  Sometimes what he thinks is helping is actually digging up the plants we just planted but he means well....right?  It has been great to be outdoors working in the yard with the boys.  We give them little chores to do and we all work alongside each other.  It's my favorite thing.

This year I plan on spending many of our days at the community pool which is right up the path from where we live.  The past few times that we have been there it has been completely empty.  I lay on a lounger while the boys swim in the pool.  It makes for an easy and relaxing afternoon.  The hardest part is getting the boys to leave the pool.  It takes bribing and popsicles are my bribe of choice.  I think back to all those parenting books I read before I had my first baby and never looked at again.  They all said that you shouldn't bribe your children to get them to do what you want.  Here's an idea, bribe your children because then they will do what you want.  I feel like a genius. Okay, enough of "easy way out parenting".  It's my next book.